About Culture Kick

Culture KICK is a university based network involving 8 partners from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Island which conduct practice-based and collaborative research with creative industry partners as well as heritage institutions.

The project started as an initiative of University of Oslo / Intermedia and Interactive Institute Swedish ICT / NODEM, and is financially supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers (Norden).

Interactive Institute Swedish ICT/NODEM is responsible for activities related to knowledge transfer from our network activities and University of Oslo / Intermedia is in charge of managing the research network.

To reach its goal, Culture KICK invites researchers, ICT experts and cultural heritage professionals to send in articles, research projects or publications focused on knowledge transfer between CH institutions and the ICT industry, that explore methods to enhance the knowledge base on issues such as sustainable technical, design related and interpretative solutions, conceptual frameworks and design methods for cultural heritage. All submissions will be stored and published on the Culture KICK digital repository and will be included in the know-how book series of the project.

The project started as an initiative of University of Oslo / Intermedia and Interactive Institute Swedish ICT / NODEM (Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums), and is financially supported by the Nordic Council of Ministers (Norden).

Interactive Institute Swedish ICT/NODEM is responsible for activities related to knowledge transfer from our network activities and University of Oslo / Intermedia is in charge of managing the research network.

To reach its goal, Culture KICK invites researchers, ICT experts and cultural heritage professionals to send in articles, research projects or publications focused on knowledge transfer between CH institutions and the ICT industry, that explore methods to enhance the knowledge base on issues such as sustainable technical, design related and interpretative solutions, conceptual frameworks and design methods for cultural heritage. All submissions will be stored and published on the Culture KICK digital repository and will be included in the know-how book series of the project.

OUTCOMES

The Culture KICK Network has planned the following activities:
Three exploratory, interdisciplinary workshops that build on existing research on topics, needs and possibilities relevant to CH institutions and creative industry partners, and focus on methods, concepts and approaches for innovation in the Nordic digital heritage field;

An online platform for existing R&D projects from cultural heritage institutions and ICT and the creative industry in Nordic countries, moderated and connected to the existing community website of NODEM, www.nodem.org;

Training packages in the form of a newsletter for all stakeholders, for training use in CH and the creative industry;

Two summative conferences combined with NODEM 2013 and NODEM 2014 (open to the NODEM community and the public);

Two Know-how books following themes of the workshops, bridging research findings and everyday practices for people working in the CH sector, available online and in printed form.

Project leader

Prof. Dagny Stuedahl, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, University of Oslo, has a background as coordinator of several interdisciplinary research collaborations, leadership of national projects in the heritage sector and practical design.

Dr. Halina Gottlieb, Interactive Institute Stockholm, has long-term experience with facilitation of knowledge transfer within research and practice in CH. She is founding director of NODEM and co-coordinator of DIHA, Digital Intangible Heritage in Asia, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, and is coordinator of the Knowledge Triangle on behalf of Nordic Council of Ministers.